Best Grandparents Day Ever!

What a great Grandparents Day weekend!  It meant so much to have all 4 grandparents come this past weekend to our church and house and then to school for Grandparents Day!  The kids did a program which included  some cute songs and thoughts about grandparents, and then we had an awesome lunch and sort of an open house in which the guests could walk around the school and classrooms and meet the teachers and see the kids' work.  We had a wonderful time together, and I was happy they got to see our school for the first time.  They were impressed, and I was too!  It made me appreciate once again the legacy and spiritual inheritance we have from our parents and theirs before them.  I am so grateful for them. Our kids have the best grandparents! 
And the school!  The school excited me from the beginning and has since exceeded my expectations in every way.  I love the education, the spiritual emphasis, the opportunities to do projects socially and academically, the teachers who  invest themselves in the students every day, the other kids who have a good spirit, and even my job in the office in which I am surrounded by an administration that lets me see the heart behind all of the planning.  Yep still happy!  Even more so!    I love it when people I love come together!

Looking for a good time?

I know I have said this before but if you want a good time, take your kids to the Halloween costume aisle to play.  They love it and I laugh and laugh.  This one cracked me up!

Ava and Friends

These are the girls in Ava's class right before we left for the apple orchard.  So cute and fun!  Of course my phone died right after I took it and have no pictures of the apple orchard.  ACH. 

Flowers

Happy anniversary to me!  (And Matt!) Well not our official wedding anniversary but he always keeps track of how long it's been since our first date, how many months of togetherness, etc.  I love that he does that and I love him.  Recently he brought me flowers to my office and the card said "Happy 150 months anniversary!"

And here are some beautiful flowers growing around the school.  Yes they're still blooming!

A Few Random Pictures

The kids got new costumes, we had a great time with the family at Freddy's Steakburgers in Maple Grove, and also included is the first picture I took of Matt with the new phone.  I added a picture of the 6 Maple trees in front of our church. They are in the midst of changing colors! 

Play date!

We had a good time catching up with our friends this past  weekend!  Wesley and Daisy are good buddies.  Wesley made us laugh with his magic trick of the headless businessman, and Daisy inspired Ava to request a Little Mermaid dress.  So fun.  And we moms enjoyed catching up too!

Last Zoo Trip of 2015

We had a great time with our zoo member friends again.  Probably the last time we will be able to go for awhile.  And it was almost like the animals knew!  We got quite a show from the wolves and the beavers with their baby, and even got to go in the bear enclosure (without the bears in it of course!) It's been a fun thing to do and we always enjoy going.  Even better with friends!